GUIDED PATH · PHASE 5

Guided Japanese Course

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TRACK 8 · 8-12

~とき: When / At the Time

Use verb/adjective/noun forms before とき and understand how form choice affects time relationship.

35 min
Before you begin
  • Plain present/past forms.
Why this matters

You can describe what you do when testing, what happened when an error appeared, or conditions at a particular time.

1. The form before とき helps locate the embedded event

Vるとき often frames before/during an action; Vたとき frames after/when that action occurred, depending on verb/context.

Reference event and main event
日本へ行くときbefore/on the way to goingpassport preparation
日本へ行ったときwhen I went / after arrival contextexperience during trip